Author Guest Post

Fairy tales have always been pretty recognizable. Whether the heroine on its pages is a fragile young girl cursed by a witch or a young man in search of proving his fortune, the tropes set the story in stone, so that to every reader, they…

This post was written by Sebastien de Castell, author of Fall of the Argosi and is sponsored by Hot Key Books. With the success of the Spellslinger series, I’m often asked how I go about building a magic system for my fantasy worlds. I…

As you’ll likely find out if you read my new novel The Violent Season, I’m a tad obsessed with anything that radiates dark, eerie vibes. I love a good thriller novel, an outlandish episode of Riverdale, or a podcast episode detailing an…

This post was written by Ginny Myers Sain, author of Dark and Shallow Lies I often get asked what led me to write DARK AND SHALLOW LIES, my debut novel. It’s a dark, twisty story, and people seem to want to know where it came from. I know…

This post was written by Marisa Kanter, author of As If On Cue It is my junior year of high school, I am sixteen years old, and I am in the director’s seat. I prefer being onstage, in a boisterous comedic role that is the opposite of my…

This post was written by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, author of Lies Like Wildfire What would you do if you and your friends accidentally committed a crime that could land you in prison, destroy all that you’ve worked for, and turn your hometown…

This post was written by Rachel Griffin, author of The Nature of Witches. I was eleven years old when the movie Twister was released in theaters. I remember sitting up straight in the cushy red seat, watching with equal parts amazement and…

This post was written by Holly Jackson, author of As Good as Dead. The release of As Good As Dead brings a – sometimes bloody – conclusion to the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series. I don’t think I would have reached the end of this…

This post was written by Bryony Pearce, author of Cruel Castle. When I was asked to write a sequel to Savage Island, one of the things I had to think about, before I committed, was whether it was possible to write a story that continued…

This post was written by Sheeryl Lim, author of Brown Boy Nowhere I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that The Babysitters Club (BSC) shaped me in more ways than one. The beloved book series didn’t just spark my intense love for reading, it…

This post was written by Yasmin Rahman, author of This is My Truth My debut novel, All The Things We Never Said, published in 2019. My follow up, This is My Truth, published just last week, over two years later. At first, I was terrified…

This post was written by Rebecca Henry, author of The Sound of Everything When people ask where the inspiration for The Sound of Everything came from, the answer is easy to pin down. After experiencing some rather tumultuous classes in…

This post was written by Bryce Moore, author of The Perfect Place to Die Whenever I finish watching a movie that’s “based on a true story,” or reading a book that’s “inspired by real events,” I typically head straight to the internet to…

This post was written by Jenny Oliver, author of Forever Summer. When I was at school, a modelling agency turned up to find fresh faces for a new campaign. It was exactly as you’d imagine ¬– lots of big hair and preening in the wings. V.…

Witches, witches, witches – good ones, bad ones, pulled both ways ones, healing ones, avenging ones, accidental ones – I love them all! I love the legacy, the ancestry, the spine-chilling real history, the different ways powers manifest,…